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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I moved from a 10c per can state to a 0c per can state. It drastically affected my income as a kid.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

we did not have a per can thing but you could get money per pound. it was a lot of cans. likely made as much finding coins on the ground while looking for cans. newspaperstands and payphones were good for a quarter fairly often.